Tradition, transmission, and transformation from Second Temple literature through Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity : proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, jointly sponsored by the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity, 22-24 February, 2011 / edited by Menahem Kister, Hillel I. Newman, Michael Segal, and Ruth A. Clements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium (13th : 2011), author.

Contributor:

Kister, Menahem, editor.

Newman, Hillel, editor.

Segal, Michael, editor.

Clements, Ruth, editor.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 113.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D--Congresses.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425--Congresses.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Church history.

Civilization, Greco-Roman--Congresses.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Apocryphal books--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Apocryphal books.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Rabbinical literature.

Dead Sea scrolls--Congresses.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Judaism--Talmudic period.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 392 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

"Many types of tradition and interpretation found in later Jewish and Christian writings trace their origins to the Second Temple period, but their transmission and transformation followed different paths within the two religious communities. For example, while Christians often translated and transmitted discrete Second Temple texts, rabbinic Judaism generally preserved earlier traditions integrated into new literary frameworks. In both cases, ancient traditions were often transformed to serve new purposes but continued to bear witness to their ancient roots. Later compositions may even provide the key to clarifying obscurities in earlier texts. The contributions in this volume explore the dynamics by which earlier texts and traditions were transmitted and transformed in these later bodies of literature and their attendant cultural contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Parabiblical traditions and their use in the Palaea historica / William Adler

Outsider impurity: trajectories of Second Temple separation traditions in tannaitic literature / Yair Furstenberg

No angels before the world?: a preexistence tradition and its transformations from Second Temple literature to early piyyuṭ / Yehoshua Granat

Pious long-sleepers in Greek, Jewish, and Christian antiquity / Pieter W. van der Horst

Remnants of a Pharisaic apologetic source in Josephus and in the Babylonian Talmud / Tal Ilan and Vered Noam

Windy and fiery angels: prerabbinic and rabbinic interpretations of Psalm 104:4 / Yaakov Kaduri

Hellenistic Jewish writers and Palestinian traditions: early and late / Menahem Kister

The Severus scroll variant list in light of the Dead Sea scrolls / Armin Lange

Where is the lost Ark of the Covenant?: the true history (of the ancient traditions) / Chaim Milikowsky

Satan's refusal to worship Adam: a Jewish motif and its reception in Syriac Christian tradition / Sergey Minov

Stars of the Messiah / Hillel I. Newman

Retelling biblical retellings: Epiphanius, the Pseudo-Clementines, and the reception-history of Jubilees / Annette Yoshiko Reed

Why is "a" placed next to "b"?: juxtaposition in the Bible and beyond / Avigdor Shinan and Yair Zakovitch

The reception and reworking of Abraham traditions in Armenian / Michael E. Stone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004274082

9004274081

OCLC:

909198233